The Paleontology of North America

The Precambrian in North Dakota, US

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Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Precambrian Fossils

No slide show is available for the Precambrian in North Dakota.

Paleontology and geology

Precambrian rocks are not exposed at the surface in North Dakota, but information about them comes from drill cores. These rocks, some of which are 2.6 billion years old, are mostly igneous and metamorphic. No fossils have been recorded from Precambrian rocks in North Dakota.

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